family Upupidae

Thesaurus

Noun

1.family Upupidae - hoopoes Upupidaebird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingsCoraciiformes, order Coraciiformes - rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee eaters; todiesgenus Upupa, Upupa - type genus of the Upupidaehoopoe, hoopoo - any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill